knit
To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through…To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
» Have you finished knitting that sweater?
Hast du den Pullover schon zu Ende gestrickt? — lilygilder
Hast du den Pullover schon fertig gestrickt? — lilygilder
Ты закончила вязать свитер? — Biga
Ты довязала этот свитер? — marafon
Ты уже закончила вязать свитер? — nina99nv
Ты закончила вязать этот свитер? — Balamax
Ти дов'язала светра? — Sashka
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
9 senses(ambitransitive)To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
to knit a stocking
The first generation knitted to order; the second still knits for its own use; the next leaves knitting to industrial manufacturers.
stricken
вяза́тьvjazátʹ, связа́тьsvjazátʹ
в'яза́тиvʺjazáty
(ambitransitive)To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
Stitches that are knitted look like little V’s when seen from the front.
(figuratively, transitive)To join closely and firmly together.
The fight for survival knitted the men closely together.
спла́чиватьspláčivatʹ, сплоти́тьsplotítʹ
tie or link together
(intransitive)To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
(intransitive)To grow together.
All those seedlings knitted into a kaleidoscopic border.
(transitive)To combine from various elements.
The witness knitted together his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.
(intransitive)To heal following a fracture.
I’ll go skiing again after my bones knit.
(transitive)To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
(transitive)To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
Examples
222 sentencesHave you finished knitting that sweater?
Ти дов'язала светра? — Sashka
ruТы закончила вязать свитер? — Biga
deHast du den Pullover schon zu Ende gestrickt? — lilygilder
Do you know how to knit?
Ти вмієш в'язати? — deniko
ruТы умеешь вязать? — marafon
I want to learn to knit.
Я хочу навчитися в'язати. — deniko
ruЯ хочу научиться вязать. — marafon
deIch will stricken lernen. — Waldelfe
Does Tom know how to knit?
Том уміє в'язати? — deniko
ruТом умеет вязать? — marafon
Are you really knitting Tom a sweater?
Ти й насправді в'яжеш Тому светер? — deniko
ruТы правда вяжешь Тому свитер? — amanshi
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan, from Proto-West GermanicInherited from Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan, from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knuttijaną, from *knuttô + *-janą.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
knits, knitting, knit, knitSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
34 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- knitting a sweater
- how to knit
- is knitting a